It was a relatively quiet trade deadline day around the NHL, and especially for Panthers General Manager Dale Tallon, who believes his current roster is strong enough to catch the Bruins for a playoff berth.Tallon and most GMs completed most of their...

Future Hall of Fame right wing Jaromir Jagr was acquired to put some teeth into the Panthers' comatose power play, but perhaps it was Brandon Pirri and the lowly Buffalo Sabres they were truly waiting for.Pirri scored two power-play goals in the second...

Panthers 21-year-old rookie Vincent Trocheck, a Pittsburgh native, had posters of Jaromir Jagr hanging all over his house.
Never, did he imagine he'd play alongside the NHL's active scoring leader, who led the Penguins to back-to-back Stanley Cup...

After years of selling off their top players before the trade deadline, Panthers General Manager Dale Tallon sent a strong message to the fans and his young team that he is committed to making the playoffs this season when he acquired nine-time All-Star...

Kris Versteeg loves playing in Chicago where he won a Stanley Cup in 2010, but said he never wanted to leave South Florida and the Panthers.
Versteeg, an integral reason for the Panthers' playoff berth in the 2011-12 season that snapped a 10-season...

The last time Prince Edward Island natives Gerard Gallant and Dave Cameron coached against each other, Gallant claimed a championship.
That was in the 2011 Memorial Cup when Gallant's Saint John Sea Dogs topped Cameron's Mississauga St. Michael's...

While speculation swirls around Chris Bosh’s future with the Miami Heat star forward out for the season due to blood clots in his lungs, Tomas Fleischmann is another South Florida athlete who understands what it is like in that predicament.
The Florida...

Never has a shootout loss felt so good.
Panthers General Manager Dale Tallon, who treats every loss as if someone had just kicked his dog, was absolutely beaming after the Panthers came from behind only to lose in a 3-2 shootout to the Blackhawks on...

Steve Montador, who played 10 seasons in the NHL--including from 2005-08 with the Florida Panthers--has passed away at the age of 35 according to multiple media outlets.
Montador was found unresponsive in his Ontario home early Sunday morning and was...

While most of the 23 Panthers have 31 games remaining to make a playoff push and prove themselves worthy of a future with the team, four veteran forwards with expiring contracts may be running out of time.
Scottie Upshall, Tomas Kopecky, Tomas...

The Florida Jr. Panthers Squirt AA travel team recently took first place in their division at the 2015 Quebec Cup.The 15-member team of 10- and 11-year-olds defeated top-level squads from Canada and the northeastern United States to finish with an...

The Gerard Galland Reunion Tour has had several notable stops already this season as the Florida Panthers coach revisits landmarks from his past.The next one has everything to do with why Gallant is in his present spot leading the improving Panthers in...

Defenseman Dmitry Kulikov was suspended for four games by the NHL on Monday for his low hit on Dallas' Tyler Seguin on Friday.Kulikov missed Sunday's shootout loss to St. Louis and will be available to play Feb. 22 against the Penguins. He will forfeit...

SUNRISE — In what could've been a season momentum-turning comeback victory, the Panthers ended up singing the overtime Blues once again.Despite earning a critical point when center Nick Bjugstad tied the game with 73 seconds left, the Panthers lost a...

----Following Sunday's game against the third-ranked St. Louis Blues, the Panthers will embark on a rugged five-game road trip that could determine their playoff fate.And they may have to play at least the first five games without defenseman Dmitry...

Clearly, Sean Bergenheim's days with the Panthers are numbered after Panthers coach Gerard Gallant admitted he scratched him Friday due to a lack of effort rather than production.When Bergenheim's agent Todd Diamond read the coach's criticism via...